We have our work cut out for us in the coming years. The threats to critical affordable and supportive housing programs that serve the poorest households and those with disabilities are real and significant. Become involved in planning the 2018 Congressional Reception!

NJCounts 2019

All twenty-one New Jersey Counties will be counting individuals and families who were homeless – both sheltered and un-sheltered - on the night of Tuesday January 22, 2019.This annual census is conducted by networks of organizations, agencies and others that plan community efforts to end homelessness and is coordinated by Monarch Housing on the statewide level.

The goal of the second Annual Homeless Sabbath is to engage as many congregations of all faiths to include readings in their service(s) held on December 15th, 16th and 17th, 2017, at their respective house of worship. Click here to register online to participate.

Click here for a CityLab op-ed from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel about the report The report finds a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes for households with extremely low incomes at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of the area median income (AMI), whichever is higher.

Seventy-one percent of extremely low-income households are severely housing cost-burdened, spending more than half of their incomes on housing. Extremely low-income renters are more likely to be severely housing cost-burdened than any other income group, accounting for 73% of all severely housing cost-burdened renters in the U.S. The report calls for a significant and sustained federal commitment to affordable housing programs targeted at the lowest-income renters.

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Use this opportunity to join a public conversation around the solutions outlined in The Gap. Even if you don’t have a question to ask, you can retweet the Twitter conversation to help educate others on the importance of the report.

The report found that in New Jersey in 2017, there were almost 300,000 extremely low income renters. At the same time, there is a shortage of over 200,000 affordable and available rental units for households at or below extremely low income.

To meet the needs of New Jersey’s low-income renters, there are only 33 affordable and available rental homes for every 100 low income households. Seventy-two percent (72%) of extremely low-income renters households have a severe cost burden.

The report calls for increasing investments in housing solutions for the lowest-income people such as the national Housing Trust Fund, Housing Choice Vouchers, and public housing; protecting the existing supply of affordable homes; expanding and improving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit so it serves more of the lowest-income families; and implementing a renters’ tax credit that targets low-income renters.